According to legend, there is a family named Li in Zhangjiaping, Jiannan Town, Lichuan, Hubei Province. There is a woman named Cixiu at home. Like many farmers, fathers work, mothers farm and daughters graze; Although the days are poor, the family is very happy.
I thought life would be so dull. But when my daughter 18 years old, she didn't come back from grazing once. My mother went out to look for her when she saw the sky at night, and saw her daughter still eating grass as usual. Mother called her daughter home, but strangely, no matter what her daughter called, she refused to chase her daughter, but kept hiding like playing hide-and-seek. Mother was surprised because she couldn't catch anyone, but she didn't find anything unusual. She was very helpless, thinking that her daughter was naughty, and said to her daughter, "I'm going home to cook, so come back early."
But seeing that it was dark and her daughter hadn't come back, the mother felt that there was a problem and went to find it at once. Seeing that her daughter was still in the same place, the mother let out a cry and couldn't get close to anyone. The mother even sent someone to find her daughter's father. After the father came back, no matter how the two old people called their daughter, her daughter refused, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not get close to her body. Parents feel a little strange more and more, but I don't know why. In the end, it boils down to the fact that my daughter may encounter something unclean, so she sent someone to wait and sent someone to ask Mr. Village for help. As a result, a group of people burned incense and were busy until midnight, but there was still no result. But a group of people had to go home and send someone to wait here. The girl here stood still, silent and motionless, looking at her waiting father and smiling. After a few days, the villagers got together to discuss countermeasures; What kind of encirclement, giving her food and medicine, sending her home for treatment and so on. But I still can't get close to my daughter's body. The girl is still the same at this time, not eating, not talking, not being chased by anyone, just standing quietly and smiling.
After being dazzled for three days, my mother couldn't stand it. If the child doesn't eat or drink like this, how can the body stand it? She cried and asked her daughter what was wrong and asked her to say something. At this time, the daughter looked at her mother, not smiling, but with a calm face. She looked at her mother and asked her, "Mom, will you give up on me?" Mother was very happy to see her daughter talking, and wanted to know if she would like someone, so she asked if she would give up. In a word, it is a very happy thing for my daughter to talk in a few days, so she casually said; "As long as you are good, if there is anything you can tell your mother, I will give up."
As soon as the mother finished speaking, she saw her daughter collapse to the ground, and her mother even came forward to hug her daughter. She saw her daughter who was just alive, skinny and turned into a living mummy. Just when everyone is different, the sky has just cleared up. In an instant, dark clouds were gathering and it was dark. In the sky, a group of immortals, beating gongs and drums and carrying sedan chairs, appeared overhead, wandering in the sky, slowly disappearing, and then the dark clouds dispersed, and the sky was clear in Wan Li.
The villagers are amazed and have different opinions; But at this time, my parents didn't think much. The sad Luo Zhang took everyone home to bury her daughter's body (now, there is the tomb of Empress Li Cixiu in Zhangjiaping, Gaoxiang Village, Jiannan Yuefudian). That night, my daughter said to her mother in her dream, "Mom doesn't have to feel sorry for her. My daughter has been received by the Jade Emperor to worship the Queen Mother, and the temple has been given to Longquan, which is called the Queen Mother City. "
Mother thought the dream was strange and told it to the villagers. Everyone thinks that she has lost too many daughters and is mentally abnormal, so she will go away. Soon, news came from Longquan village, a fellow villager, that a temple appeared out of thin air overnight on the mountain in the village. Everyone was shocked, and only by combining the dream told by Li's mother in the same village did they know it was true. So everyone passed on word of mouth and thought it was a good thing to get the blessing from the Queen Mother. They all went to Longquan's mother city to make a wish and pray; Everything you prayed for was answered. Parents can't stand going up the mountain to worship after listening; When the parents took out their tributes to worship after going up the mountain, the daughter saw that it was her parents and couldn't bear to worship them, so she turned her face to one side. This is the reason why the statue of the Queen Mother in the Queen Mother Town of Jiannan faces to one side.
After the story came out, a person at the foot of the mountain also went up the mountain to worship. When I entered the temple, I was moved by the beauty of the queen mother and had evil thoughts. He tried to molest the queen mother, and she caught him. He cast a spell to make it kneel before him forever, and later turned it into a stone statue. This man transformed the stone statue kneeling in front of the queen mother's house today.
Because of the efficacy of the Queen Mother City and the wide range of legends, an old woman in Sichuan heard that her daughter-in-law was going to have a baby, so she discussed with her daughter-in-law about having a baby. The mother and daughter went to the Queen Mother City to pray for God, but their daughter-in-law had a stomach attack and was born. The daughter-in-law jumped off a cliff in the Queen Mother City for fear of being defiled. The old woman came home sadly and cried all the way; When I got home, I found my daughter-in-law lying in bed and gave birth to a son. The mother and son were safe. Legend has it that the woman touched the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was saved by magic. Later generations called the place where the woman jumped off the cliff a sacrificial cliff. Today's Snake Cliff is also a major landscape of Wang Mu today.
Because the birthday of Empress Dowager Li Cixiu is June 19, June 19 every year becomes the temple fair day in Empress Dowager Town. The legend of the Queen Mother City has become one of the gossip stories of several generations in Hubei, Chongqing and Sichuan.